Who was the first person to reach the North Pole?
The Arctic
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Arctic people
Arctic people live in the icy lands
around the Arctic Ocean. The
weather is too cold for growing
crops, so Arctic people get all their
food from animals. They survive
by fishing, herding reindeer, and
hunting seals and whales.
The Arctic
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At the top of the world is the North
Pole, and around this is an area
called the Arctic. The Arctic is mostly
ocean. In its centre is a gigantic lump
of floating ice that never completely
melts. Further out are the northern
tips of the continents and the huge
island of Greenland.
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An imaginary line called
the Arctic Circle marks
the outer edge of the
Arctic region.